Lily Allen cured my bad mood with a cheeky grin and a killer attitude

The crowd was in high spirits and everyone was chanting for "Lily f---ing Allen" to come on stage — except me.

I was keen to see and listen to the UK singer but after a number of misfortunes on Friday night, failing to master the art of finding a good view among tall giants and Allen being fashionably late on stage at The Tivoli, I was in a foul mood.

Allen powered through the show despite a sore throat, as she did at the Forum in Melbourne earlier in the week.Credit:Rick Clifford

That was, until the music began building and the lights were beaming brightly in my eyes, forcing me to turn my head away but when I looked back, my heart stopped, my mouth dropped and my eyes grew as wide as they could.

There she was. The stunning 33-year-old artist with the cheeky grin and a killer attitude we all have come to love.

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She was standing there one metre away, wearing a sparkly jumpsuit with sequins, black heels and her signature long jet black hair and fringe.

My bad mood was cured by her soothing voice as she belted out Come On Then, her first track on her No Shame album released last year.

She kickstarted her performance with no sign of struggle despite taking a few sips from a cup in between her first three songs, which I suspected was because of a sore throat she had been suffering from since arriving in Australia.

She sang a mixture of her latest songs, including Lost My Mind, Higher and What You Waiting For?

Her delivery on the night was as strong as her lyrics in No Shame, which was a warts-and-all account of her heartbreak over her failed marriage, her parenting and other demons.

The raw confessional was a successful comeback album that brought Allen back into the music scene.

The crowd saw a fun and bright artist with her catchy hits but also caught a glimpse of a more mature and softer side when she sang her recent songs.

"We're actually not together anymore but it's gonna be okay," Allen said with a slightly broken voice as she looked down to the floor after singing Pushing Up Daisies, which was about her recent divorce.

"Someone's gonna fall in love with me... I can't wait to see my kids, though."

She quickly recovered from the reflective moment to leave fangirls and guys of all ages in a trance, swaying side-to-side and holding their hands up in the air while shouting out the lyrics to The Fear.

Other crowd pleasers did not disappoint the audience, with LDN and It's Not Fair, a song Allen dedicated to all the girls in the room while also suggesting in her cheeky manner that the boys should take notes.

Allen left the crowd wanting more and so the chant "Lily, Lily, Lily f---ing Allen" arose once more until they stopped as doubts began over whether she would return.

But we stubborn Queenslanders were determined to get her on back on stage for an encore so when the chanting failed, the yelling and whistling began.

Allen re-appeared in style in a tight nude dress and another set of sky high heels as she bopped around with more energy than before, singing Apples and Trigger Bang.

As she had in previous shows, she dedicated F--- You to Liam Neeson and all the other "racist pigs" out there following the actor's controversial confession of a past desire to kill a black man.

The crowd shouted every word of the song with what I like to think with some form of talent but I dare say was more just pure passion, holding our middle fingers up in the air.

Allen had earlier told the crowd that if they were not happy with her performance to not be shy and yell or "throw something, anything" at her.

It's safe to say she came, she saw and she conquered as she bowed out.